râler
\ʁa.le\
The verdict
“râler” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,865. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,865
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire entendre un râle, des râles en respirant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-raler · râler · French
râler · rank #18,865 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,865
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rossignol
Nearest frequency peer: rossignol (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « râler »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- revendiquent
revendiquent
81,139 corpus weight
- rich
rich
81,138 corpus weight
- rossignol
rossignol
81,137 corpus weight
- râler
râler
81,136 corpus weight
- réactif
réactif
81,135 corpus weight
- réfléchie
réfléchie
81,134 corpus weight
What this shows « râler » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | râler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁa.le\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,865 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « râler »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around râler (IPA \ʁa.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,865 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for râler, with forms such as "raler", "rlâer", and "rrâler". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RER", "rôle", "rare", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is râler, spelled R-Â-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire entendre un râle, des râles en respirant.
- 2Être à l’agonie.
- 3Manifester par des récriminations sa mauvaise humeur, son mécontentement ; protester bruyamment.
- 4Pousser son cri, en parlant du daim, du faon, du tigre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how râler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’y avait plus un champ de bataille, mais un immense foirail de perdition, attelages fracassés, chevaux errants, chars de munitions à la merci d’une étincelle, blessés râlant dans les coins.
Sur le lit, Henriette Bodet râlait, la joue gauche traversée par une balle…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- raler
- rlâer
- rrâler
- râelr
- râlerr
- râller
- râlre
- ârler
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of râler - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).